14022025-LSTC-01.qxd 2/14/2025 12:27 AM Page 1 c m y b BEYONCE EXPANDS TOUR Singer Beyonce has revealed an exciting update on her highly anticipated Cowboy Carter Tour by adding a fifth Los Angeles performance. The Texas Hold ‘Em singer initially planned four shows in the city, but has now extended her stay at the SoFi Stadium with an additional concert scheduled for May 9. Mona W ITH artificial intelligence coming to one’s rescue, playing the ultimate wingman, the lover’s lane in the year 2025 isn’t all the same. Whether celebrating Valentine’s Day or not, it is about time to know dating terms doing the rounds! NANOSHIP A brief flirtatious encounter is the new dating reality, labelled nanoship. For those not looking for love or commitment but a momentary flirtatious gesture – that brief glance, a fun banter. Almost no strings attached, nanoship is for an utterly brief period! MICRO-MANCING Small acts of love rather than grand gestures. Couples today want romance in everyday lives and getting one’s favourite coffee order, sending a song or sharing an inside joke, micro-mancing is about micro but meaningful acts of love and care. PINK FLAGS Nothing is in black and white, and lovers today accept, and duly acknowledge that. Red flags are deal breakers, green flags signal lasting bonds, while pink flags reveal things are far from fine. Very personal in nature – someone not texting enough or getting too possessive might turn out to be pink flag for an individual! TRIBUNE Stunt time Life Actress Taapsee Pannu has done her own stunts in the upcoming actioner Gandhari, a film which also stars Ishwak Singh and has been produced by Kanika Dhillon. CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 14 FEBRUARY 2025 Celebrating World Radio Day Nanoship, Textationship, Kittenfishing…this Valentine’s Day, as you celebrate love, get to know the dating terms that are redefining the contours of relationships Vinya Singh In a cosy gathering at the Chandigarh Press Club on Thursday, radio enthusiasts and veterans came together to celebrate World Radio Day. The event was filled with joyous conversations, reunion of colleagues and class fellows alike, while bringing attention to its relevance in Coming to terms with LOVE AFFORDATING Now when we talk of being fiscally attractive, Gen Z has embraced affordating with equal panache. Being real and realistic about one’s monetary situation, and how much and how to spend makes ‘affordable’ dates a reality. FISCAL ATTRACTIONS Youngsters today believe in being financially responsible and that spills to love trails as well. Someone who has the financial future planned out is likely to win potential matches. Not necessarily how much, but how to navigate financial well-being makes one fiscally attractive. DELUSIONSHIP ‘Delulu’, referring to ‘utterly mistaken or unrealistic in one’s ideas or expectations’, wasn’t just the word of 2024, it got shipped as well! An imagined or idealised relationship that’s not based in reality is delusionship. TEXTATIONSHIP A relationship that exists largely in ‘texts’. With youngsters today spending more time digitally, it makes sense. Now whether a textationship leads to a relationship depends if you are as good in life as in texts! FUTURE-PROOFING Gen Z today is smartly navigating relationships. FutureProofing is asking and ensuring that the two of you are on the same page at all times. KITTENFISHING Not as bad as catfish, which is a personal profile on a social networking site for fraudulent or deceptive purposes, kittenfishing is misrepresenting to appear more attractive. Like using pictures from years before or filtered today’s world. The event paid tribute to notable veteran radio professionals like Vivek Atray and Hardeep Chandpuri who have spent decades entertaining, informing, and connecting with audiences across North India and beyond. The afternoon featured a trip down memory lane with anecdotes from the industry. images to wearing a hat to cover baldness! SITUATIONSHIPS 2.0 Situationship, where there is physical and emotional intimacy without commitment, has ruled the dating scene for a while, 2025 sees Situationships 2.0 that has dating partners being upfront about their needs, so that nobody cries foul at the end of the day! From being ‘on the same (fan) page’, for example Swifties, to beige flags, orange flags, blue flags and black flags, referring to shared idiosyncrasies, warnings that mustn’t be ignored, potential for growth to the deal breakers, respectively, relationships today enjoy a whole new jargon! 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